The Coffee Pot Book Club Historical Fiction Book Of The Year Award 2019

The Coffee Pot Book Club

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The Historical Fiction Book of the Year 2019

The Historical Fiction Book of the Year

Ancient History

Gold

Antonius: Son of Rome

 By Brook Allen

Silver

Gift of the Gods: Silver and Gold

By Thomas J. Berry

Bronze

Victus: The Civilis Saga #1
By Peter Baggott

Honourable Mention

LONA - Wolf Queen:

 The Civilis Saga Book #2
 By Peter Baggott

Honourable Mention

Rosevetha’s Curse:

The Civilis Saga Part #3

 By Peter Baggott

The Historical Fiction Book of the Year

The Early Medieval Period 

Gold

Far Away Bird

  By Douglas A. Burton

Silver

The Confessor's Wife

 By Kelly Evans

Bronze

The Sugar Merchant

 By James Hutson-Wiley

Honourable Mention

Arthur Dux Bellorum

 (A Light in the Dark Ages Book 4)

By Tim Walker

Honourable Mention

The Briton and the Dane: Concordia

(The Briton and the Dane #4)

By Mary Ann Bernal

The Historical Fiction Book of the Year

The Viking Era

Gold

Viking Warlord:

A Saga of Thorkell the Great

By David K. Mullaly

Silver

Blood and Destiny

 By Chris Bishop

Bronze

Pit of Vipers:

 (Sons of Kings #2)

 By Millie Thomas

Honourable Mention

The Swan's Road:

(The Atheling Chronicles Book #1)

 By Garth Pettersen

The Historical Fiction Book of the Year

The Middle Ages

Gold

A Tapestry of Treason

By Anne O’Brien

Silver

The Cold Light of Dawn
 (The King’s Greatest Enemy #4)

By Anna Belfrage

Bronze

Days of Sun and Glory

 (The King's Greatest Enemy #2)

 By Anna Belfrage

Honourable Mention

A King Under Siege:

Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

 By Mercedes Rochelle

The Historical Fiction Book of the Year

The Tudors • Stuarts • Commonwealth • Renaissance Era

Gold

 Written in their Stars

(The Lydiard Chronicles Book 3)

 Elizabeth St.John

Silver

 Severed Knot

 By Cryssa Bazos

Silver

Entertaining Mr Pepys

 By Deborah Swift

Bronze

 A Necessary Killing 

(William Constable Spy Thriller Series, Book 2)

By Paul Walker

Bronze

A Song of Sixpence:

 The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck
 By Judith Arnopp 

Honourable Mention

The Girl from Oto

 (The Miramonde Series Book 1)

By Amy Maroney

Honourable Mention

Thieves’ Castle

 (The Tyburn Folios Book 2)

By Dean Hamilton

The Historical Fiction Book of the Year

Modern History

Gold

Auschwitz Syndrome:

a Holocaust novel based on a true story

 (Women and the Holocaust Book 3)

By Ellie Midwood

Silver

The Dragon Lady

 By Louisa Treger

Silver

No Woman's Land:

A Holocaust Novel

By Ellie Midwood

Bronze

The Vogels:

On All Fronts

  (The Half-Bloods Book 2) 

By Jana Petken

Bronze

The Carpet Weaver of Uşak
By Kathryn Gauci

Honourable Mention

Storytellers

 By Bjørn Larssen

Honourable Mention

Whirligig 

By Richard Buxton

Finalist

Conflict on the Yangtze

 By Greg Kater

Finalist

The King of Dunkirk:

 (The King’s Germans Book #2)

 By Dominic Fielder

Congratulations to all the winners!

The Coffee Pot Book Club Book Cover of the Year Goes to Wanders Far By David Fitz-Gerald #CoverCompetition #HistoricalFiction @AuthorDAVIDFG

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Book Cover of the Year

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Wanders Far

By David Fitz-Gerald 

Wanders Far lived in dangerous times and was faced with one difficult challenge after another. He was a skinny, quiet boy who was raised on the banks of a tributary of New York State’s Mohawk River, hundreds of years before colonists arrived. One lifetime was not enough for Wanders Far’s old soul.

From a very young age, his wanderlust compelled him down one path after another. No village could contain him.

He was happy living a simple life in the physical world during challenging times. The spirit world had other plans.

A wise, enigmatic shaman mentored Wanders Far and helped him cultivate the supernatural visions that haunted him. His guide could only help him so far.

He set out to become a runner, carrying important messages across the lands of his people and their enemies. He ended up fulfilling a much greater destiny than he ever imagined.

“This engrossing, well-written novel tells the story of a pivotal moment in Iroquois history through a well-traveled protagonist.”
 Kirkus Reviews

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David Fitz-Gerald

After a chaotic day as a business person, Dave enjoys getting lost in the settings he imagines and spending time with the characters he creates. Writing historical fiction is like making paintings of the past. He loves to weave fact and fiction together, stirring in action, adventure, romance, and a heavy dose of the supernatural with the hope of transporting the reader to another time and place. He is an Adirondack 46-er, which means he has hiked all of the highest peaks in New York State, so it should not be surprising when Dave attempts to glorify hikers as swashbuckling superheroes in his writing.

Wanders Far—An Unlikely Hero’s Journey is the first in a series of books in the Adirondack Spirit Series.

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